FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN! It's the most wild Heroes For Hire team yet! With terror in the streets, our underdog operatives fight just to keep the city together....and that means Misty Knight must recruit some very unlikely agents! Just who is for hire tonight? Would you believe Elektra, Shroud...and Gargoyle?
PANTHER + STORM + KRAVEN THE HUNTER = "STORM HUNTER" PARTS 1 & 2! From the rooftops to the subway tunnels, why is Spider-Man's deadly foe stalking T'Challa across the city...and how long until the prey targets the pursuer? Plus: will the world's greatest predators have anywhere to hide when Ororo arrives and rips the skies open? It's the first meeting of husband and wife since the Panther's new status quo...in the two-part thriller that will show why IGN.com says this series is "the gritty, violent action romp the character needed."
THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEROES' TEAM-UP WITH SPIDER-MAN! With Paladin in deep trouble, Misty Knight's operation only has one agent in the streets: Spider-Man! But the wise-cracking wall-crawler is up to his neck in trouble with the all-new, all-deadly Scorpion! Who else can Misty deploy? And what other shocks can she reveal about the lies upon which the Heroes outfit was built? Find out in the next chapter of the series that has Aint It Cool News raving "Just buy it already!"
It’s two issues in one month—and both star Spider-Man! Which Captain America foe is kicking Paladin's teeth in? Will the wall-crawler help a mercenary? And is Spider-Man for hire? Find out as the mysteries from the opening issues collide in the new story arc of the book that IGN.com calls “a wholly successful debut…with panels that pop off the page!”
T'Challa vs. Vlad The Impaler – the final battle! He's left a wake of destruction across Hell's Kitchen...now Vlad feels the wrath of the Panther! From dark alleys to rain-soaked rooftops, T'Challa must end the bloody career of a ruthless monster, but at what terrible cost? Plus, don't miss the shock ending that will launch the next arc of the series that has Aint It Cool News raving "I bet you a red billy club Liss and Francavilla will be up for an Eisner...This is good comics!"
It's two issues in one month—and both star Spider-Man! Which Captain America foe is kicking Paladin's teeth in? Will the wall-crawler help a mercenary? And is Spider-Man for hire? Find out as the mysteries from the opening issues collide in the new story arc of the book that IGN.com calls "a wholly successful debut...with panels that pop off the page!"
It’s a grudge match a long time coming – Luke Cage vs. T’Challa! Events are spiraling out of control for the former King of Wakanda: A serial killer is on the loose, a bloody gang war rages, and Vlad the Impaler faces a shocking family secret which only fuels his desire for revenge against the Panther! Time to check out the book that has Ain't It Cool News raving "Liss and Francavilla are a team to be reckoned with...This is good comics."
Guest-starring The Falcon, Iron Fist and The Punisher! When the twisted agenda behind the new Heroes for Hire operation emerges, the mercenary known as Paladin gathers all the heroes he can count on to put things right. Be there for the conclusion of the opening story arc of the book that ComicBookResources.com calls "the type of read that comic books were invented for."
Guest-starring Spider-Man! It's the most unlikely team-up of the month as the amazing web-slinger attempts to lend T'Challa some unwanted assistance in cleaning up the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen! Meanwhile, things go rom bad to worse, as a gang war erupts, dangerous
experiments go awry, and a murderer's identity is revealed!
Featuring Falcon, Paladin, Misty Knight and Iron Fist! Who is really pulling the strings at Heroes For Hire? Misty thinks she knows, but does even the bionic detective realize how much trouble she’s in? It’s more awesome street-level action and intrigue featuring some of Marvel’s coolest heroes in the most unconventional team book ever!
Guest-starring Taskmaster! As the fallout from Tigra's shocking act last issue rocks the Academy, Finesse goes in search of the man who could be her father...the character readers have demanded since issue #1...Taskmaster! Be here for the explosive reunion in the book that IGN.com calls “the best Avenger book on the market.”
Iron Fist asks: Who’s hiring the heroes? The dangerous missions continue -- and the mystery behind who’s pulling the strings deepens! As Paladin begins to question the operation he’s signed up to, his curiosity brings him face-to-face with a figure central to Heroes For Hire history...with explosive results!
Captain America knew something was odd when he spotted an entire flock of supposedly extinct passenger pigeons, but he didn't suspect his investigations would lead him to team up with Spider-Man's girlfriend in a deadly battle against a horde of genetically re-created species, including an entire army of the creature known as... Bigfoot. Steve Rogers is in the fight for his life, or HE'LL be the next one to go... extinct.
For the fate of Hell’s Kitchen: T’Challa vs. Vlad the Impaler in a desperate rooftop battle of wills, wits and fists! “Urban Jungle” heats up as Luke Cage guest-stars, friends fall, dark forces prepare to step from the shadows, and a dangerous conspiracy begins to unfold!
Avengers Academy vs. The Hood! The video of Tigra being beaten by The Hood ends up on the internet -- but what's more dangerous: how Tigra reacts, or the mission of revenge
the students embark upon? And when they seek out Parker Robbins, are they getting in way over their heads...or going so far down the path of evil they can never turn back? And how does it all lead to The Hood’s new quest in AVENGERS? Don't miss this powerful chapter in the hit new series that has Aint It Cool News raving: “With this simple yet elegant twist…it’s nice to see that teenage angst isn’t just for mutants anymore.”
Luke Cage guest stars as T’Challa’s new adventure in NYC continues! The former King of Wakanda has sworn to protect the mean streets of Hell’s Kitchen, and while battling the mob is one thing, how does he stop a killer targeting innocent people? It’s a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, as T’Challa hunts ruthless new crime lord Vlad the Impaler, while Vlad concocts a desperate and bloody scheme to entrap the mysterious new vigilante that’s ruining his plans. T’Challa learns what it really means to be a man without fear, courtesy of award-winning thriller novelist David Liss and the pulp-tastic art of Francesco Francavilla!
SCARED STRAIGHT PART 1 The Academy kids are sent to The Raft to be scared straight by the all-new Thunderbolts. But things go from scary to downright insane when the Academy students are locked inside with Norman Osborn!
Hank Pym, Quicksilver, Tigra, Justice and Speedball are here to mentor the next generation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes…but is one of the students hot for teacher? Plus: Get a glimpse inside the mind of Finesse!
Determined to keep the tradition alive, founding Avenger Hank Pym leads a core team of veteran heroes in creating a place where the next generation of Earth's Mightiest can be trained by the greatest of those who preceded them.
SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!!
This is it: the series finale – and the end of the Initiative as we know it! Learn the fate of your favorite heroes, villains...and those who aren't quite sure what they are, but who are going to have to decide in a hurry! Who will taste sweet victory? Who will know the agony of defeat? For some this is an end -- for others, a new beginning (which you’ll be reading about very soon)! Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. is falling...and The Heroic Age is dawning!
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